April 6, 2024

Delete all your emails at once from ProtonMail’s servers

Trying to quit ProtonMail’s glebe¹?

Follow the steps below.

TL;DR, use:

    const a = setInterval( function () {
      document.querySelector("#idSelectAll").click() ; 
      document.querySelector("button[data-testid='toolbar:movetotrash']").click() ;
      document.querySelector("button[data-testid='pagination-row:go-to-next-page']").click()
    }, 2000);

Steps in details:

1. open your browser
2. log in into protonmail.com
3. go to ‘All Mail’
4. click right in the browser
5. select ‘Inspect’
6. click on ‘Console’
7. copy the script below in your clipboard
8. paste the script in the console
9. press Enter
10. wait for the script to run
11. go to ‘Trash’
12. click ‘Select all Messages’
13. look above the top message for a message ’You selected 50 conversations. Select all xxxx in Trash
14. click ‘Select all xxxx in Trash’
15. click on the cross in the menu above ‘Delete permanently’

    const a = setInterval( function () {
      document.querySelector("#idSelectAll").click() ; 
      document.querySelector("button[data-testid='toolbar:movetotrash']").click() ;
      document.querySelector("button[data-testid='pagination-row:go-to-next-page']").click()
    }, 2000);

You can watch this script deleting all your emails, page after page.

If this script no longer works: after step 5, try something like that:

• click on ‘Pick an Element from the page’ (top left of the inspector maybe)
• click on the ‘Go to next page’ button
• look in your console
• look for the text in between the double-quotes after data-testid=
• replace what’s in single quote in the script after data-testid=
• repeat for the actions of selecting all messages and deleting all messages.

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I do self-funded research and I'm writing a book.

> What's the book about?

About technologies and agency.

Meaning, technologies can foster agency. No doubt. But I am also asking:

Can usage of technologies give us a sense of empowerment while in fact undermining our abilities?

I posted a summary of the prologue on the homepage: https://yctct.com/

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